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MANTRAS HAVE POWER

It is famously said that words have power. Though not all words have power. Mantras alone fall in the category of words that have immense power and influences not only others but also us and our surroundings. Sadguru Jaggi Vasudev in one of his several discourses says that Mantras are consecrated sounds. They have a huge impact on our lives and profound changes can be expected when these Mantras are chanted. In other words, no special pujas are needed to consecrate a Mantra. He adds that these Mantras can be chanted even without knowing their meanings because they will any way have a positive and benevolent impact.Our Vedas and other ancient scriptures have given prescribed Mantras for various occasions. The Mantras are time tested and have been used by our anchestors from times immemorial. These days the usage of Mantras are restricted to only temples and occasional family functions. When we go to a temple, a priest recites Mantras on our behalf. If there is a deity at home we utter Mantras every day. At family functions we engage a priest to recite the Mantras appropriate for the occassion. Some of us utter Mantras or beej sounds like AUM during the course of our Yoga or meditation sessions.

Some may do Yoga, but strangely object to utter the Mantras. Mantras are used even to consecrate a temple deity. If we don’t have have belief in the capability of a Mantra, but feel an enhanced aura in a consecrated place, it is enough to conclude that the Mantra has power and has worked wonders. Sankalp can differ depending on the benefits sought for by us. Therefore Mantras also differ. Likewise there are Mantras that work exclusively on us. In fact the process of consecrating or cleansing ourselves start immediately when we start uttering the Mantras.1. For example beej Mantras like LUM, VAM, RUM, YUM, HUM and AUM when uttered in a certain manner has the effect of cleansing our body chakras. There are several Yoga practitioners teaching them at various places throughout the world.2. Sadguru Jaggi Vasudev has also said in various discourses that deities have the capacity to confer various types of benefits to the devotees. Therefore Mantras relevant to the deity are uttered when we pray to the deity. The Deities are also consecrated to bring benefits to individual seekers under the Varna System. Therefore we also have our family deity back in our villages where we hail from. 3. Uttering a consecrated Mantra silently or in our mind cleanses our Consciousness both from within and on our body surface. In the process of silently chanting them, our Consciousness gets cleansed. Some of the consecrated Mantras that I am aware of are : a. Vishnu Sahasranamam,b. Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna Hare Hare, Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama Hare Hare andc. Om Narayana Vidhmahe, Vasudevaya Dimahi, Tano Vishnu Prachodayat.The above Mantras are not exhaustive. The Mantras when chanted repeatedly and mentally enables us to bring down the atmospheric Consciousness and cleanse our Consciousness. This ultimately leads to a vibrating body, mind and soul. This cleansing gets rid of several ailments, and malfunctions in our body besides acting like a shield against malevolent spiritual attacks. In fact our body acquires strength to withstand modern day physical ailments also. These Mantras can be uttered by anyone by sitting before a deity or recalling the deity’s image in our mind. By connecting mentally to a deity we are invoking the Consciousness vested in the deity. If we chant on a Tulsi japa mala , we can also track the number of times we have uttered the Mantra. But tracking counts hardly matter as long as chanting is done in a sincere manner. Chanting Mantras with Tulsi beads in between the fingers gives profound results due to special properties of Tulsi beads. 4. The same Mantras can be chanted loudly and audibly also , and its impact is wider and has the benefit of cleansing not merely our body , but also our surroundings. a. In the Bhakti Yoga path, deities are consecrated by the loud and collective chanting of Mantras by the devotees. b. It has been scientifically proved that cows are impacted when they hear the Mantras. They become happier and yield more milk.c. Similarly a cancer patient suffering from intense pain is able to transform his pain into happiness and sometimes even rid himself of the cancer. d. Fruits and vegetables bearing plants grow well and give more yields when the Mantras are chanted loudly. It is significant to know that a Conscious person can feel the flow of Consciousness even in a Tulsi plant. Good Consciousness is indeed very conducive for all of us to lead a happy, contented and a fruitful life. 5. Chanting loudly and happily , accompanied by dancing to the beat of musical instruments not only sanctifies the atmosphere but the aura of happiness spreads around us. In fact the entire area gets consecrated by a happy Consciousness. We would have noticed that when we are in a place surrounded by anger, abuse, hatracy, jealousy, etc., the same quality becomes contagious until we are also impacted. Road rage that we sometimes see on the roads is an example of how Consciousness spreads around us. Devotees of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu in the Krishna Conscious movement have daily morning Nagar Sankirtans across India with the same purpose. Devotees merrily chant and dance, uttering loudly the Mantra of Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna …………. and reach out to as many areas. Ordinary citizens like you and me can participate in these Sankirtans and drown outselves in the serene Consciousness. They call the Mantra as the Maha Mantra.6. As per the Sri Vishnu Sahasranamam, chanting even once the holy name of Lord Sri Rama is equal to chanting the 1,000 names of Lord Vishnu. From the above, it can be seen that chanting the consecrated Mantra in a group, loudly, happily and accompanied by dancing is very effective in consecrating a deity, ourselves, the atmosphere and all the living beings around us. It is now for us choose the appropriate Consecreted Mantra. HARE KRISHNA